Yelp, a social networking site for sharing reviews of local establishments, announced Wednesday that private equity firm Elevation Read More
Yelp to receive $100 million investment
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Virtual goods starting to catch on
You know all those little bits of money you’re spending on games like FarmVille, or maybe those virtual Read More
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Better Place secures $350 million
Better Place announced it has secured $350 million in new equity financing. The Series B round values Better Read More
Hello Music, seeking to provide a service that links up musical talent with the right people in the Read More
A media company like Vator thrives on news about consumer-facing tech companies. This post, which is mostly about Read More
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Monetize the audience, not the content
There’s a lot of discussion out there about how online content should be monetized. In particular, the newspaper Read More
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6 Waves scores $17.5 million
6 Waves, a social gaming company which builds apps for Facebook, has raised $17.5 million from Insight Venture Read More
Scale Venture Partners announced Wednesday that it closed its third fund of $250 million, and is looking to Read More
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gWallet launches gWallet Ventures
gWallet, a virtual currency platform for social media developers, announced this morning the launch of gWallet Ventures, an Read More
Like it or not, China and Silicon Valley are in the same sandbox. Valley titans may try some Read More
Entrepreneurs and the companies they create are the raw material of the startup world. There has been an Read More
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Time acquires StyleFeeder
Time Inc. announced on Tuesday it has acquired StyleFeeder, an ecommerce Website. The terms of the deal were Read More
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Sway raises $2 million for Shoutlet
Sway, which operates a social media content distribution and communications platform called Shoutlet, has raised $2 million in Read More
Building up debt is a sure way for a small business to find itself in trouble. With so Read More
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Oneforty raises $1.85 million
Oneforty, a discovery engine for Twitter tools and apps, has launched its Alpha version. Along with the announcment, Read More